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DataSync Completes $1.05 Million Equity Placement

Sioux Falls, SD – April 13, 2015 – DataSync today announced that it has closed $1.05 million in private equity funding to support the company’s continuing strong growth. The funding was led by Nordic Venture Partners, a regional private equity firm founded and managed by Paul Schock and Chad Hatch. Also joining in the funding is the South Dakota Development Corporation and DataSync management.

“This financing allows us to continue to add and train employees to support the strong and growing market demand for our services,” said Craig A. Anderson, Chairman and CEO of DataSync.

The company offers its custom software analysis and solutions to businesses locally and throughout North America and Europe. Since late 2013 DataSync has added 20 new positions and presently plans to hire up to an additional 15 to 20 employees by the end of 2015. In early 2015, it was named a SugarCRM Elite Platinum Partner and ranks as one of the top SugarCRM channel partners in the world.

“Our investment in DataSync is part of our continuing efforts to support exceptional businesses in our area,” stated Paul Schock, Managing Partner of Nordic. “The DataSync management team and employees represent the very best of the evolving high technology and software businesses in South Dakota and our surrounding region. We look forward to watching and supporting their efforts to export our Midwestern work ethic throughout the country and around the globe.”

Additional investors were, Craig Anderson, DataSync’s Chairman and CEO, and the South Dakota Development Corporation, a non-profit private development corporation.

“We especially appreciate the support and encouragement the South Dakota Development Corporation.” said Anderson. “It is a privilege and a great responsibility for us to use this financing to create and grow well paid, quality technology jobs in the state.”

With over 10 years of business software experience, DataSync has rapidly grown to be a SugarCRM Elite Platinum Partner and a leader in the integration of marketing and back office software with CRM systems to provide unique Customer Lifecycle solutions. Privately held by over 50 shareholders, the company provides software design and consulting services to customers located around the World. The company is headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a metro area with a population of approximately 250,000 in southeastern South Dakota highly rated as one of the best places in the United States to live and grow a business.

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